38th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130242685 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS IN HIGH SPEED DRAM - The embodiments described herein provide memory devices. In one embodiment, a memory device includes bank control logic configured to generate a modified bank address signal and an active driver configured to provide a bank activate signal, receive an activate command signal, execute an activate command of the activate command signal at each one of a group of clock cycles, in which each one of the group of clock cycles is greater than one clock cycle, and receive the modified bank address signal, in which the modified bank address signal is high for at least a portion of each one of the group of clock cycles and the at least a portion of each one of the group of clock cycles is greater than one clock cycle. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242686 | SINGLE TRANSISTOR DRIVER FOR ADDRESS LINES IN A PHASE CHANGE MEMORY AND SWITCH (PCMS) ARRAY - The present disclosure relates to the fabrication of non-volatile memory devices. In at least one embodiment, a single transistor may be used to drive each address line, either a wordline or a bitline. Both an inhibit voltage and a selection voltage may be driven through these single transistor devices, which may be achieved with the introduction of odd and even designations for the address lines. In one operating embodiment, a selected address line may be driven to a selection voltage, and the address lines of the odd or even designation which is the same as the selected address line are allowed to float. The address lines of the odd or even designation with is different from the selected address lines are driven to an inhibit voltage, wherein adjacent floating address lines may act as shielding lines to the selected address line. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242687 | ASSEMBLY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DISPERSIONS - An assembly for the production of dispersions including a mixing unit ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242688 | PILL PREPARATION, STORAGE, AND DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM FOR WELLBORE DRILLING AND COMPLETION - Systems and methods for preparation, storage, and/or deployment of a specialized fluid are disclosed. A system for preparation, storage, and/or deployment of a specialized fluid comprises a fluid vessel, a first, second, and third agitation unit, wherein each of the agitation units is at least partially disposed within the fluid vessel, a first, second, and third motor coupled to each of the agitation units, respectively, wherein each of the motors are independently operable. A method for preparing, storing, and/or deploying one or more specialized fluids comprises mixing a first specialized fluid in a first fluid vessel using any combination of a first, second, and third agitation unit and removing the first specialized fluid from the first fluid vessel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242689 | TWIN SCREW EXTRUDER - An extruder is disclosed, and more particularly, a twin screw extruder for mixing, compounding, kneading and/or extruding of materials. The twin screw extruder includes a barrel assembly having a housing. The twin screw extruder further includes a first screw provided within the housing and comprising threads. The twin screw extruder further includes a second screw provided within the housing and comprising a threaded portion and a shaft portion devoid of threads. A drive system which drives the first screw and the second screw. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242690 | Shaking Machine Adaptor For Containers Having Different Shapes - An adaptor for a vortex paint mixer. The adaptor includes a pair of semi-cylindrical holding structures pivotably connected together by a pair of pivot links. Each of the halves has a depression formed therein. When the holding structures are placed together, the two depressions form a cavity having first and second regions adapted to hold a conventional cylindrical quart paint container and a rectangular quart paint container, respectively. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242691 | Shaking Machine Adaptor For Containers Having Different Shapes - An adaptor for a vortex paint mixer. The adaptor includes a pair of semi-cylindrical holding structures pivotally connected together by a pair of pivot links. Each of the halves has a depression formed therein. When the holding structures are placed together, the two depressions form a cavity having first and second regions adapted to hold a conventional cylindrical quart paint container and a rectangular quart paint container, respectively. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242692 | MIXING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A mixing apparatus includes a housing having an inner chamber, an inlet, and an outlet; an outlet conduit having a first and second end, the second end providing communication between the inner chamber and the outlet; and one or more dispersion members configured to mix one or more fluids, the one or more dispersion members extending between the outlet conduit and the housing. The dispersion members include a plate having a first and second side, a first opening in the plate for receiving an outlet conduit of the mixing device, and a plurality of second openings in the plate. The plurality of second openings has a first and second side. The first and second sides of the plurality of second openings have chamfered edges. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242693 | SEISMIC IMAGING SYSTEM USING A REVERSE TIME MIGRATION ALGORITHM - Provided is seismic imaging system, particularly, reverse-time migration for generating a real subsurface image from modeling parameters calculated by waveform inversion, etc. A seismic imaging system includes: a logarithmic back-propagation unit configured to back-propagate a ration of a logarithmic measured wavefield to modeling wavefield; a virtual source estimating unit configured to estimate virtual sources from a sources; and a first convolution unit configured to convolve the back-propagated measured data with the virtual sources and to output the results of the convolution. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242694 | STEERING SUBMERSIBLE FLOAT FOR SEISMIC SOURCES AND RELATED METHODS - Seismic sources including a steerable submersible float and related methods are provided. A seismic source includes a submersible float and a plurality of individual sources. The submersible float is configured to control at least one of a depth and a horizontal position of the submersible float by adjusting angles of one or more rotatable surfaces attached to the submersible float. The individual sources hang under the submersible float and are configured to operate at a depth larger than the depth of the submersible float. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242695 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEGHOSTING SEISMIC DATA - Apparatus, computer instructions and method for deghosting seismic data related to a subsurface of a body of water. The method includes inputting data recorded by detectors that are towed by a vessel, the data being associated with waves travelling from the subsurface to the detectors; applying a migration procedure to the data to determine a first image of the subsurface; applying a mirror migration procedure to the data to determine a second image of the subsurface; joint deconvoluting the first image and the second image for deghosting a reflectivity of the subsurface; and generating a final image of the subsurface based on the deghosted reflectivity of the joint deconvoluting step. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242696 | PRIMARY ESTIMATION ON OBC DATA AND DEEP TOW STREAMER DATA - Method for correcting OBC or deep-towed seismic streamer data for surface-related multiple reflections. The measured pressure data, preferably after conditioning ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242697 | Sonic Borehole Caliper and Related Methods - A method and apparatus for determining an effective cross-sectional area of a borehole including one or more sources for generating tube or Stoneley waves in the borehole; receivers for measuring amplitudes of the waves; and means to relate said measured amplitudes to said effective cross-sectional area or related parameters. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242698 | Seismic Surveying Using Fiber Optic Technology - This application relates to methods and apparatus for seismic surveying using optical fibre distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). The method involves using a fibre optic distributed acoustic sensor to detect seismic signals. The fibre optic distributed acoustic sensor comprises an interrogator ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242699 | SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING AND APPARATUS - There is a method of seismic data processing that includes receiving seismic data that includes a set of seismic traces, each trace including a signal recorded by a sensor after having been propagated in a subsurface area; migrating the seismic data according to a first velocity model; picking from the time-migrated seismic data one or more events corresponding to one or more subsurface reflectors so as to obtain a set of facets locally approximating the event; kinematic demigrating the picked set of facets so as to obtain simplified seismic data that includes the set of facets and a set of attributes associated with the set of facets; migrating the set of facets based on a second velocity model; and updating the initial velocity model based on an alignment of migrated points within the set of facets. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242700 | SONAR APPARATUS - Sonar apparatus for the location and display of features on the underwater floor in front of a boat includes port and starboard transducer units each containing transducer arrays. A transducer interface and a visual processor process signals from the transducer arrays to generate image data for a display. The transducer arrays emit sound waves into non-overlapping segments of water, reflected by the underwater floor back to the transducer arrays, which convert them to electrical signals. The electrical signals are processed to calculate a three-dimensional position of each point on the underwater floor. The sonar apparatus performs interpolation using the three-dimensional positions of the reflecting points within the segments to calculate three-dimensional positions of points on the underwater floor between these segments. The three-dimensional positions of the points are then used to generate image data showing the underwater floor in front of the boat. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242701 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - A method for sensing the surroundings of a vehicle with a number of sensors, in which method during at least one echo cycle at least one echo information item about the surroundings is sensed by at least one sensor and is compressed using an algorithm, and in which the at least one compressed echo information item is transferred to at least one processing unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242702 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In an electro-acoustic transducer | 2013-09-19 |
20130242703 | FOOTWEAR SEISMIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A footwear seismic communication unit is provided herein. The unit includes footwear attachable to a foot or feet of a user, including at least one sole portion for placing on a ground and at least one seismic transducer device located within said at least one sole. The unit further includes a processing module, a transmitting interface module, and a receiving interface module. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242704 | INDICATING ULTRASONIC DATA TAG MOVEMENT - Indicating a movement of an ultrasonic tag is accomplished by a transducer operable to provide electrical signals caused by the movement. The movement can cause mechanical vibrations, sound vibrations, or pressure in the transducer, to generate the electrical signals. A controller can detect the electrical signal from the transducer generated by the movement, whereupon the controller obtains tag data and modulates the tag data to be supplied to a powered up emitter. The emitter transmits the modulated tag data in a transmission to an ultrasonic tag reader using an ultrasonic carrier sound wave. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242705 | MULTI-ARRAY ULTRASONIC PROBE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTI-ARRAY PROBE APPARATUS - A multi-array type ultrasonic probe apparatus includes n tiles which transmit and receive an ultrasonic beam; and a substrate having n guide portions on which the n tiles are mounted, respectively, to be aligned in a multi-array. The multi-array ultrasonic probe apparatus may align tiles in identical directions and at identical levels to control a direction and a time for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic beam to be transmitted and received at the tiles, thereby providing a stable ultrasonic beam. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242706 | Device Pairing with Audio Fingerprint Encodings - A device and/or method for allowing authorization of computing device association using human-perceptible signals includes forming an association between a computing device and a further computing device. The computing device computes a fingerprint of a common key derived during the forming of the association and emits a first audio stimuli based upon the computed fingerprint. The first audio stimuli is at least one octave number apart from a second audio stimuli of the further computing device emitted by the further computing device based upon the common key. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242707 | DEVICE FOR ASSISTING USER IN CONSUMPTION OF A SUBSTANCE AT A CORRECT TIME INTERVAL - The present invention provides a lid in combination with a hollow container for receiving a substance through an open end thereof. The lid comprises a body, a device for assisting a user in consumption of a substance at a correct time interval, and an arrangement for securing the body on the open side of the container in a semi-permanent manner. The body defines a substantially planar exterior surface disposed normal to a length of the container when the body is attached to the open end of the container. Additionally, the body defines a peripheral flange depending from the exterior surface. The peripheral flange defines a generally hollow interior of the body. The device for assisting the user in consumption of the substance at a correct time interval is operable and viewable from the exterior surface. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242708 | MODERN CALENDAR SYSTEM INCLUDING FREE FORM INPUT ELECTRONIC CALENDAR SURFACE - Embodiments provide electronic calendar application features and functionality that includes a free form calendar input surface, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a computer-based method can be configured to provide electronic calendar features including a free form calendar surface that enables users to personalize the calendar surface using a variety of input types and methods. Other embodiments are included. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242709 | HAND-WORN DEVICE WITH PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY - A hand-worn device with programmable memory is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprising a display unit, an attachment strap attached to the display unit where the attachment strap is adapted to attach the apparatus to a user, and a processing unit electrically coupled to the display unit. The apparatus further comprises a programmable memory, the programmable memory having at least one operation algorithm installable therein. The processing unit runs one of the operation algorithms to operate the apparatus at a corresponding operation mode, where at least one parameter is displayed on the display unit. The device allows a user to choose the desired operation algorithms to be installed to the device for optimized usage of memory space. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242710 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE - There is provided a piezoelectric vibrating piece including: a piezoelectric plate that includes a pair of vibrating arm portions, and a base portion which integrally fixes the base end portions of the pair of vibrating arm portions along a length direction; excitation electrodes which are formed on the vibrating arm portions and vibrate the vibrating arm portions; mounting electrodes which are formed on the base portion and mount the piezoelectric plate on external portions using a joining member; and leading-out electrodes which connect the excitation electrodes and the mounting electrodes, in which the leading-out electrodes are formed by folding back several times between the excitation electrodes and the mounting electrodes. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242711 | Timepiece with Wireless Communication Function - A timepiece with a wireless function comprises a movement that displays time; a conductive case that holds the movement; a crystal that is disposed on a face side of the case and covers a face side of the movement; a conductive plate that is disposed between the movement and the crystal and reflects radio waves; and an antenna that has a substantially annular, conductive antenna electrode and is disposed along an outside edge of the conductive plate between the conductive plate and the crystal as seen in a lateral view. The antenna electrode is configured to receive the radio waves reflected by the conductive plate. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242712 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD - A storage system includes plural drive devices and a control device. Each of the plural drive devices reads or writes data from or to a portable recording medium. The control device performs a parallel process in which a first process and a second process are performed in parallel. The first process is to write specified data to a first portable recording medium via a first drive device of the plural drive devices. The second process is to write the specified data to a second portable recording medium via a second drive device of the plural drive devices. The control device cancels, upon completion of either one of the first process and the second process, the other one of the first process and the second process. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242713 | TAPE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TAPE DEVICE - A tape device includes a storage unit, a measuring unit, a calculating unit, and an updating unit. The storage unit stores management information in which an identifier of a medium and a data volume further recordable on the medium are in association with each other. The measuring unit measures a data volume written in the medium or a data volume read out of the medium. The calculating unit calculates a data volume recorded in the medium from a total of the data volume measured by the measuring unit, acquires a recorded medium length, and calculates the data volume further recordable on the medium based on the data volume recorded in the medium and the recorded medium length. The updating unit updates the management information stored in the storage unit with the data volume further recordable on the medium which is calculated by the calculating unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242714 | Method for Adjusting Recording Condition, Optical Disc Device, and Information Recording Method - A recording adjustment method capable of controlling an edge position of a mark with high accuracy. Based on an acquired read-out signal waveform, a starting position of a last pulse is adjusted such that a so-called L-SEAT shift value for an end edge of the mark becomes minimum. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242715 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical pickup apparatus includes: first and second laser diodes to generate first and second laser beams, respectively; a first holder, made of metal, to incorporate the first laser diode; a second holder, made of metal, to incorporate the second laser diode; an objective lens; optical elements to guide the first and the second laser beam to the objective lens; a housing made of synthetic resin to house the first and the second holders, the objective lens, and the optical elements such that the first and the second holders are adjacent to each other; and a first heat-transfer gel filled in a first space between the first and the second holders, so as to transfer heat generated in the first laser diode from the first holder to the second holder as well as transfer the heat generated in the second laser diode from the second holder to the first holder. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING RADIO LINK FAILURE IN LTE EMBMS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE may detect a multicast/broadcast radio link failure based on at least one of decoding errors, lost or error packets/segments, or failure to receive a multicast/broadcast channel for a time period greater than a threshold, and recover from the detected multicast/broadcast radio link failure upon detecting the multicast/broadcast radio link failure. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242717 | RESTART METHOD AND NODE DEVICE - A restart method that performs restart in a label transfer network, the restart method includes: selecting, by a restart node, one or more adjacent nodes based on a processing capacity of the restart node, setting a selected adjacent node as a restart group and notifying the selected adjacent node of restart; restoring, based on a label value of a path notified by the selected adjacent node, an entry corresponding to the path using a label table that associates the path with the label; and repeating a notification of restart and a restoration of an entry to restore the label table. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242718 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING NETWORK REDUNDANCY AND HIGH AVAILABILITY TO REMOTE NETWORK NODES - A method, apparatus and computer program product is presented. A first tunnel is provided across a layer 3 network from a first network device to a second network device. A first virtual interface (VI) is provided on the second network device, and assigned to the first tunnel. Information related to the first tunnel and the first VI is passed to a third network device, which is a member of a cluster with the second network device. A second tunnel is provided across the layer 3 network from the third device to the first network device, and a second virtual interface (VI) is provided on the third network device, and assigned to the second tunnel. Forwarding information is exchanged between the second network device and the third network device. The second network device and the third network device provide forwarding redundancy service to the first network device. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242719 | Method and Apparatus for Backup Communication Services - A method and apparatus is disclosed for backup communication services. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a wireless interface having a detection module to detect an interruption in a portion of communication services supplied to a plurality of residences by a central office over communication lines coupled to a cross-connect operating in a service area interface (SAI), and a controller module to direct a wireless transceiver to establish communications with a wireless station in response to the interruption, and to direct the cross-connect to provide communication services to a portion of the plurality of residences affected by the interruption by way of the wireless transceiver. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATION OF SELF-OPTIMIZATION FUNCTIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A network management device and method for coordination of self-optimization functions in a wireless network. A network management device for coordination of self-optimization functions includes one or more processors and an interface. The interface communicates with a plurality of enhanced node Bs (eNodeBs). The interface is arranged to receive a request to change a coverage or a capacity of an enhanced node B (eNodeB). The interface is further arranged to transmit a query to the eNodeB to obtain a self-optimizing network (SON) coordination state of the eNodeB. The one or more processors are arranged to determine whether to grant or deny the request based on a coordination policy and the SON coordination state. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242721 | RETENTION OF A SUB-NETWORK CONNECTION HOME PATH - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for reserving a connection's home path resources and restoring the connection on a link that includes a reserved priority bandwidth. A bandwidth advertisement indicating that the reserved priority bandwidth is available is analyzed and a restoration request requesting to route the connection on the link is sent. The reserved priority bandwidth is used to route the connection when the connection has a reserved home path on the link. When the connection has a reserved home path not on the link, a determination is made as to whether a normal priority bandwidth on the link is available and whether the connection is unrestorable on another link. The reserved priority bandwidth is used to temporarily route the connection when normal priority bandwidth on the link is unavailable and the connection is unrestorable on another link. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242722 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION DEVICE, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD - An information transmission device includes: ring-ports; an access-port; a communication-path-setting unit to facilitate or cut off communication of the ring-ports or the access-port, based on a communication setting determined such that communication paths having priority levels and assigned with same identifiers have different sections; a control-signal-transmission unit, when a communication failure occurs between one ring-port and another information transmission device, to transmit, from another ring-port, a first control signal for instructing a cutoff of communication of the access-port in the communication path having a low priority level, and transmit a second control signal for instructing a facilitation of communication of the ring-ports; an access-port-control unit, upon receiving the first control signal, to cut off the communication of the access-port in the communication path having the low priority level; and a ring-port-control unit, upon receiving the second control signal, to facilitate communication of the ring-port having non-communication failure. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242723 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA TRANSCEIVER APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - A relay device is capable of associating a plurality of network-side ports to a server-side port connected to an adapter | 2013-09-19 |
20130242724 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTERNET PROTOCOL CALL SIGNALING NETWORK ASSURANCE - A method and apparatus for alarming on all signaling protocol messages that fail in substantial numbers on any particular routes within an IP network are disclosed. For example, upon receiving these alarms, the network will attempt to identify, and to correct the error producing conditions to prevent further call signaling message failures. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242725 | TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT OF BUNDLED LINKS - Traffic engineering and bandwidth management of bundled links may, at times, require the selection of one of a plurality of component links in a bundled link to use in admitting a connection requiring admission. While performing the selection it may be determined that more than one of the component links has the resources required to admit the connection. An admission policy may then be selected from among a plurality of admission policies. Based on the selected admission policy, a particular component link may then be selected. Such bandwidth management, based on admission policies, may be seen to be well suited to balancing and component link recovery in traffic engineered, connection-oriented MPLS networks. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242726 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DELAY IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - Embodiments of user equipment and methods for reducing delay in a radio-access network (RAN) are generally described herein. Embodiments disclosed herein provide enhancements that may be applicable to a 3GPP LTE RAN for reducing delay that may be particularly beneficial for real-time over-the-top (OTT) applications. Some embodiments provide for an uplink delayed buffer status report. Some embodiments provide for a downlink congestion and buffer report. Some embodiments provide for traffic characteristic based inter-UE prioritization. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242727 | EVOLVED PACKET CORE (EPC) NETWORK FAILURE PREVENTION - A first device, provided in an evolved packet core (EPC) network, receives load information associated with a second device provided in the EPC network. The load information includes a load threshold associated with the second device. The first device also receives traffic to be provided to the second device, and determines whether providing the traffic to the second device will cause the second device to exceed the load threshold. The first device provides the traffic to the second device when providing the traffic to the second device will not cause the second device to exceed the load threshold. The first device reduces a quantity associated with the traffic, to create throttled traffic, and provides the throttled traffic to the second device, when providing the traffic to the second device will cause the second device to exceed the load threshold. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242728 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE INTERNET OFFLOADING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system and method for mobile Internet offloading in a wireless communication network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a session is established through an Internet offload gateway (IOGW) with a mobile operator network to establish a communication with a mobile device. A packet coming from the mobile device is received by an intelligent policy manager (IPM) residing in the IOGW during the session. If the received packet is a signaling packet, offload rule flags are generated and operator defined offload policy rules are then enabled. If the received packet is a data packet, it is determined whether the operator defined offload policy rules match with session information associated the data packet. If the operator defined offload policy rules match, the data packet is offloaded to the Internet. If the operator defined offload policy rules do not match, the data packet is sent to a home gateway. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242729 | TRANSPORT BLOCK SIZE LIMITATION FOR ENHANCED CONTROL CHANNEL OPERATION IN LTE - In wireless communication carried out by a user equipment (UE), the UE receives one or more transport blocks and makes a determination on the transport blocks, such as determining whether block size and timing advance exceed thresholds, or determining a control channel type associated with the received transport blocks. The UE makes a determination whether to perform skip-decoding of the received transport blocks based, at least in part, on the determination made. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242730 | RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may detect cell congestion by selecting a preamble type as a function of priority level, transmitting the preamble to a serving cell, receiving a random access response (RAR) from the serving cell, determining a congestion state of the serving cell as a function of the received RAR, and/or responding to the congestion state of the serving cell. RACH functionality may be improved by allocating one or more sets of Physical RACH (PRACH) resources to a WTRU. The WTRU may configure the additional PRACH resources based on the allocation. A WTRU may determine a second set of PRACH resources based at least in part on a first set of PRACH resources. A WTRU may determine additional sets of PRACH preambles and may utilize modified PRACH preambles and/or modified PRACH preamble formats. The WTRU may signal additional PRACH resources. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242731 | DEADLOCK PREVENTION IN DIRECT NETWORKS OF ARBITRARY TOPOLOGY - Aspects of the invention pertain to routing packets in a computer system while avoiding deadlock. A turn rule is set according to unique identifiers associated with switches in the system. Numeric values of switches in possible turns are compared to determine whether a turn is permissible. The rule applies to all nodes in the system. The rule may be violated when using virtual channels. Here, a violation is permissible when using monotonically increasing virtual channel numbers or monotonically decreasing virtual channel numbers. Alternatively, the violations of the turn rule may be allowed if they force a packet to change to a later virtual channel in some fixed ordering of virtual channels. Deadlock can thus be avoided in many different types of architectures, including mesh, torus, butterfly and flattened butterfly configurations. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242732 | ADMISSION CONTROL FOR QOS-DRIVEN WIRELESS LANS - A method and system for a quality of service (QoS) point coordinator (PC) for a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is disclosed. For example, the PC includes a QoS management entity (QME) and an admission control entity (ACE). The QME receives at least one reservation request message that characterizes one of a QoS session and QoS application (session/application) that can be of a continuous/periodic flow type that is time sensitive, or can be of a discontinuos/bursty flow type that is time tolerant. The reservation request message contains at least one QoS parameter set and requests a resource of a communication channel in the BSS for the QoS session/application. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242733 | SERVICE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM, EVOLVED NODEB, AND PACKET DATA NETWORK GATEWAY - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a service control method and system, an evolved NodeB, and a packet data network gateway, to perform resource scheduling on a packet. The method provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving, by an evolved NodeB, a packet; determining, by the evolved NodeB, a service control policy corresponding to the packet according to correspondence between a service application type and a service control policy and a service application type corresponding to the packet; and performing, by the evolved NodeB, resource scheduling on the packet according to the service control policy corresponding to the packet. Embodiments of the present invention further include a service control system, an evolved NodeB, and a packet data network gateway. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242734 | REVERSE LINK RELIABILITY THROUGH RE-ASSEMBLING MULTIPLE PARTIALLY DECODED CONNECTIONLESS FRAMES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Techniques, devices, and systems that include mechanisms for connectionless communications in wireless communication networks or systems include a base station controller, a plurality of base stations and a mobile station. The base station controller combines connectionless transmissions received by the base stations, including decoded and un-decoded frames, into a complete message. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242735 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL ENHANCEMENTS FOR LTE DEVICES - Described herein is a technique for aggregating background traffic packets by the background users instead of performing a random access procedure to request an uplink resource for each new packet. Since the same physical random access channel (PRACH) resources are used for random access procedures by multiple UEs, collisions can occur. The PRACH is expected to operate with very low collision rates, but if the number of users increases, the collision rate increases as well as the error rate. The disclosed technique reduces the collision rate by reducing the number of random access procedures used to transmit background traffic. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242736 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A SELF OPTIMIZING-ORGANIZING NETWORK MANAGER - In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a management module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device. The management module is configured to receive a signal associated with a value of a performance indicator that a first process module is configured to optimize using a metric. The management module is configured to optimize a value associated with the metric based at least in part on the value of the performance indicator that the first process module is configured to optimize and a value of a performance indicator that a second process module is configured to optimize using the metric. The management module is configured to send a signal to the first process module such that the first process module modifies a value of the metric based on the value associated with the metric. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242737 | COMMUNICATION RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION RELAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION RELAY DEVICE - A CPU load monitoring unit monitors a load of a server that receives and processes data. An ARP table chance instructing unit instructs a second information processing device, which transmits data in which an IP address of the server is designated as a transmission destination toward a MAC address associated with the designated IP address, to associate an IP address oil the server with a MAC address of a communication relay device when the load of the server is a threshold value or more. A data relay unit receives data in which the IP address of the server is designated as the transmission destination from a client A transmission rate adjusting unit transmits the data received by the data relay unit to the server at a predetermined transmission rate. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242738 | MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICE (MBMS) FREQUENCY PRIORITIZATION - An indicator indicates whether Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) Service Area Identifier (SAI) frequency information broadcast from a wireless communication network to a wireless communication device is being updated dynamically. Based on the indicator, the wireless communication device may apply different procedures for acquiring an MBMS service. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242739 | Method And Apparatus For Sharing TCAP Traffic Load - The present invention relates to a point code emulation apparatus and method for dividing a Common Channel Signaling System No. 7 (or SS7) signaling network into two or more networks. The point code emulator is adapted to receive TCAP messages from two or more subnets and converts, for the messages crossing over the subnets, the information of the TCAP messages, including originating point code, destination point code, and transaction identifier, (and optionally, calling party number and called party number), and forwards to the other one of the two or more subnets. Correspondence among the two or more subnets may be provisioned by an authorized user of the system, may be learned automatically by the system based on ISUP message correspondences or previous TCAP transactions, or may be automatically discovered by the system broadcasting messages to nodes in the destined one of the two or more subnets. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242740 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND ROUTER USED IN THE NETWORK - The present invention provides a communication network comprising a host network, a plurality of base stations, at least a mobile host capable of establishing links to the base stations, and a hierarchy-network of plural routers which are improved in transferring performances for ensuring continuous operations with a reduced load without packet loss. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242741 | GATEWAY APPARATUS AND VOICE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A gateway apparatus transmits and receives control signal indicative of whether bit rates of voice transmitted and received by mobile terminal connected to packet forwarding apparatus on mobile high-speed network can be changed when congestion is detected in mobile high-speed network and of notification scheme of changed bit rate. When congestion is detected on mobile high-speed network and bit rate of voice transmitted or received by the mobile terminal has been changed, the gateway apparatus converts voice compressed-and-encoded bit stream stored in packet supplied from packet forwarding apparatus from the changed bit rate into bit rate transmittable and receivable by a mobile terminal connected to radio network controller on mobile circuit-switched network and transmits the converted compressed-and-encoded bit stream to radio network controller. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242742 | APPARATUS FOR POLICING TRAFFIC IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An apparatus for policing traffic in a communication network is provided. The apparatus includes a packet distributor, a plurality of policing units, and a token management unit. The packet distributor evenly distributes packets that have arrived at the apparatus. Each policing unit determines whether a packet distributed from the packet distributor is permitted to be passed or discarded in accordance with an amount of tokens remaining in a first token bucket provided for the each policing unit, and issues a token request for requesting supply of tokens when an amount of tokens remaining in the first token bucket falls below a first threshold value. The token management unit supplies tokens in units of a predetermined amount to the first token bucket for which the token request has been issued, in accordance with an amount of tokens remaining in a second bucket provided for the token management unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242743 | System, method, and computer program product for directing predetermined network traffic to a honeypot - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for directing predetermined network traffic to a honeypot. In use, predetermined network traffic originating from a node in a local area network and/or a virtual private network is identified. Further, the predetermined network traffic is directed to a honeypot. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242744 | Signalling for Interference Management in HETNETs - The method and apparatus disclosed herein enable interference suppressed information (information about interference after interference suppression to be provided to the Radio Network Controller (RNC) and/or to surrounding Radio Base Stations (RBSs)), thereby providing better radio resource management for hot spots and/or allowing the RBSs to better understand their impact on surrounding cells. Generally, a network node in the wireless network signals interference suppressed information, e.g., an interference suppressed load or overload indicator, an interference suppressed neighbor cell interference, and/or an interference suppressed noise floor to a remote node in the wireless network to facilitate radio resource management. Further, a radio network controller in the wireless network may manage the interference in cells based on the interference suppressed information by generating an interference management instruction based on the interference suppressed information, and sending the interference management instruction to the radio base station to control one or more interference management settings, e.g., a power control setting, a load threshold, etc. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242745 | RELAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING RELAY DEVICE, AND RELAY SYSTEM - An L2 switch includes a storage unit, a detection unit, a selection unit, and a notification unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of relay paths connecting a source device and a destination device that receives information from the source device. The detection unit detects occurrence of congestion between the host L2 switch and an adjacent L2 switch in a first path among the plurality of relay paths. The selection unit selects a second path from among the plurality of relay paths in the case where the occurrence of congestion has been detected. The notification unit notifies, through an L2 switch adjacent to the host L2 switch in the second path, an L2 switch adjacent to the source device that the second path is to be used as a detour path. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242746 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ROUTE SELECTION METHOD IN WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless communication device used in a wireless network includes: a storage configured to store information that identifies an adjacent wireless communication device; an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from a first wireless communication device among the adjacent wireless communication devices, information that identifies a second wireless communication device that is adjacent to the first wireless communication device; a selector configured to select an adjacent wireless communication device in accordance with a destination of data; and a transmitter configured to transmit the data to the adjacent wireless communication device selected by the selector. The selector decreases a priority of the first wireless communication device in selecting the adjacent wireless communication device when the information that identifies the second wireless communication device is not stored in the storage. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242747 | COMMUNICATION CABLE BREAKER AND METHOD USING SAME - An industrial field bus communication cable breaking apparatus includes a housing, a first electrical connector coupled to the housing and configured to be connected to a first field bus communication cable, a first plurality of contacts disposed in the first electrical connector, a second electrical connector coupled to the housing and configured to be connected to a second field bus communication cable, a second plurality of contacts disposed in the second electrical connector, a control input configured to receive a control signal, and a plurality of switches. Each of the plurality of switches has a first end coupled to a respective one of the first plurality of contacts and a second end coupled to a respective one of the second plurality of contacts. Each of the plurality of switches is configured to simultaneously open and close based on the control signal. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242748 | HIERARCHICAL NETWORK AND INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) for network management through a hierarchical architecture with a control functionality of a network server (e.g., C-SON) in relationship to clusters comprising eNBs (access points), and for implementing coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission and reception in conjunction with inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) in wireless networks such as LTE wireless networks. In particular, embodiments of the invention describe control and coordination mechanisms among the network elements for different network architectures and use-case scenarios. Such mechanisms may be managed by a centralized self-organizing network controller such as C-SON and hierarchically via localized controllers (such as cluster coordinators) residing in macro eNBs depending on system architectural constraints and network state. A fault-tolerant mechanism then may be defined to recover from failure of controlling sub-elements so that the network remains stable at all times. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242749 | Method and System for Timeout Monitoring - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for timeout monitoring of concurrent commands or parallel communication channels comprising assigning or de-assigning each one of the commands or communication channels to a corresponding one of a plurality of timeout timers when corresponding commands are to be transmitted or command acknowledges are received respectively. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242750 | Method And Apparatus For Search Space Configuration For Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel - In one embodiment, the method of configuring a common search space (CSS) for at least one user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system with at least a first type of physical downlink control channel includes broadcasting at least one parameter of a common search space (CSS), none of the parameters being the number of orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) symbols. In one embodiment, a method of configuring a default user equipment-specific search space (USS) for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system with at least a first type of physical downlink control channel includes broadcasting at least one parameter of the default USS, none of the parameters being based on an identifier of the UE. The broadcasting may occur before UE-specific signaling. In one embodiment, a method of configuring or reconfiguring the USS may include transmitting at least one parameter of the USS with UE-specific signaling. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242751 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING DCI (DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION) FORMAT SIZE - A method and apparatus are disclosed for handling DCI (Downlink Control Information) format size. The method includes configuring a UE (User Equipment) with one or more carrier segment(s). The method also includes deriving a size of a resource assignment field for a first PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) from a bandwidth configuration of a backward compatible carrier and a bandwidth of the carrier segment(s). The method further includes deriving a size of a resource assignment field for a second PDCCH from the bandwidth configuration of the backward compatible carrier and not from the bandwidth of the carrier segment(s). In one embodiment, the method also includes deriving a fixed size resource block assignment field in a RAR (Random Access Response) grant based on a UL bandwidth configuration of the backward compatible carrier without taking the bandwidth of carrier segment(s) on the UL into account. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242752 | NETWORK MONITORING AND ANALYSIS TOOL - A method for determining the performance of a communications network said method comprising the steps of transmitting a message from a mobile device to at least one server, each server within the at least one servers being configured to direct the message back to the mobile device; receiving at the mobile device the messages returned by each of the at least one server; calculating a time differential between transmission of the message by said mobile device and receipt of the messages, returned by each server of the at least one server, by said mobile device; and forwarding the calculated time differential to a primary server selected from the at least one server for storage is disclosed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242753 | CELL TRANSFER APPARATUS WITH HARDWARE STRUCTURE FOR OAM CELL GENERATION - An ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) cell transfer apparatus includes an input interface, a switch block, and an OAM cell processing hardware block having a memory unit. The input interface receives an SDH/SONET signal on each of a plurality of first transfer paths to output an input OAM cell corresponding to the SDH/SONET signal to one of a plurality of input ports of the switch block corresponding to the first transfer path for the SDH/SONET signal to be transferred. The switch block receives the input OAM (operation and maintenance) cell from the corresponding input port as an OAM input port to output to the OAM cell processing hardware block together with a port number of the OAM input port, and receives at least one output OAM cell from the OAM cell processing hardware block to output to at least one of the plurality of output ports based on the received output OAM cell. The OAM cell processing hardware block reads out the at least one output OAM cell corresponding to the input OAM cell from the memory unit based on the input OAM cell and the port number supplied from the switch block, and outputs the at least one output OAM cell to the switch block. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242754 | EVOLVED PACKET CORE (EPC) NETWORK ERROR MAPPING - A first node device, associated with an evolved packet core network, receives an error code from a second node device associated with the evolved packet core network, where the error code is destined for a user equipment. The first node device compares the error code to information included in a data structure that maps multiple error codes to multiple translated error codes understood by the user equipment, and translates the error code into a translated error code based on the comparing of the error code to the information included in the data structure. The translated error code is in a format that is understood by the user equipment. The first node device provides the translated error code to the user equipment or to a third node device associated with the evolved packet core network. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242755 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system includes a pilot addition decision portion for deciding whether to add pilot symbols which are separate from the basic pilot symbols, to frames; a control symbol generation portion for generating control symbols including information related to additional pilot symbols; a frame assembly portion for assembling frames to which pilot symbols are added according to pilot addition decision; a transmission portion for transmitting the frames; and the reception device includes a control symbol demodulation portion for demodulating control symbols included in the received frames, and judges whether or not additional pilot symbols are included in the received frames based on the control symbol information; a data symbol demodulation portion for demodulating data symbols based on a propagation path estimation value which is estimated using the additional pilot symbols or using the additional and basic pilot symbols when the additional pilot symbols are included in the received frame. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242756 | PACKET RELAY DEVICE, PACKET RELAY SYSTEM, AND FAULT DETECTION METHOD - A fault that cannot be autonomously detected by all or a specific software module and all or a specific hardware device which realize the packet transmitting/receiving function is detected, and also a fault part is specified. A packet relay device realizes the packet transmitting and receiving functions through plural software modules and plural hardware devices. The packet relay device includes a memory space | 2013-09-19 |
20130242757 | INTERCONNECTING SEGMENTED LAYER TWO NETWORK FOR CLOUD SWITCHING - In one embodiment, a layer-2 network that includes a cloud switch is partitioned into a plurality of segments, each segment including one or more cloud switch domains that are coupled via a logical port to a corresponding one of a plurality of internal logical shared media links. One of the internal logical shared media links is provisioned as a hub. One or more remaining internal logical shared media links are defaulted to be spokes. A spanning tree protocol (STP) is executed within each segment. The logical port of each cloud switch domain advertises a pseudo root bridge identifier (ID) to cause the internal logical shared media link to appear attached to a Root. The advertised pseudo root bridge ID of the hub is chosen to have a higher priority than the pseudo root bridge ID of the spokes to establish a hub and spoke relationship among the segments. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242758 | Packet Tracing through Control and Data Plane Operations - Improved debugging capabilities for network packet path tracing. Embodiments trace both the control and data planes. During control plane operations each switch appends its identity to the payload, providing a full trace of the control plan path. Responses containing the forward path payload are provided back at each hop, the responses being routing back by tracing back the forward direction control plane. The data plane is monitored by setting traps along the control plane path, with responses at each hop that indicate a given switch has been used being returned along the control plane path. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242759 | Packet Tracing through Control and Data Plane Operations using SNMP Trap Commands - Improved debugging capabilities for network packet path tracing. Embodiments trace both the control and data planes. During control plane operations each switch appends its identity to the payload, providing a full trace of the control plan path. SNMP Trap commands containing the forward path payload are provided back at each hop. The data plane is monitored by setting traps along the control plane path, with SNMP Trap commands at each hop being provided that indicate a given switch has been used. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242760 | APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING INTERCONNECTIONS AND/OR DETERMINING THE PHYSICAL STATE OF CABLE LINES IN A NETWORK AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS - An apparatus for identifying interconnections in a network. The apparatus comprises a plurality of transmitter coupling units, a plurality of receiver coupling units, and an interconnection identification means configured to identify interconnections between the transmitter coupling units and the receiver coupling units by cable lines in the network. In some embodiments, the interconnection identification means is configured to, if any one of the transmitter coupling units is coupled to the same cable line as a selected one of the receiver coupling units, identify the interconnection between the transmitter coupling unit and the selected receiver coupling unit according to by a binary tree search algorithm. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242761 | COMBINING CHANNEL QUALITY MEASUREMENTS BASED ON SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS AND DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNALS - A first communication node communicates by multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communications with a second communication node of a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) over a plurality of subcarriers transmitted by the second communication node for MIMO communications. Channel quality is measured responsive to the sounding reference signal to output a first channel quality value. A demodulation reference signal is received over a plurality of subcarriers transmitted by the second communication node for MIMO communications. Channel quality is measured responsive to the demodulation reference signal to output a second channel quality value. Reliability of the measurements of the first channel quality value and the second channel quality value is determined. The first and second channel quality values are combined while compensating for the determined reliability difference between the measurements to generate a combined channel quality value. Related communication nodes are disclosed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242762 | Wireless Communication Device Capable of Utilizing Additional Bandwidth - A wireless communication device is disclosed that is capable of utilizing bandwidth outside of its allocated bandwidth in order to maximize frequency coverage. The allocated band is separate from a neighboring band by a guard band. The device performs a scan of the neighboring band in order to determine an activity level within the neighboring band. Based on the determined activity level, the device expands its communication frequency range to include the guard band and/or the neighboring band. Once expanded, the device periodically rescans the neighboring band in order to determine whether the device must contract its frequency band out of the expanded area. The device can also receive activity level information of the neighboring band from a server via a common network infrastructure, and can coordinate expansion with other devices. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242763 | METHOD TO USE NETWORK MEASUREMENTS TO OPTIMIZE MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE PERFORMANCE - Method and apparatus for managing connections and state transitions between a mobile wireless device and a wireless network are described. The mobile wireless device measures network characteristics of radio sectors in the wireless network and saves the measured network characteristics in a database, later retrieving the network characteristics and determining data inactivity timeout values for the radio sector. The mobile wireless device manages connections and state transitions based on the determined data inactivity timeout values. The database of network characteristics is organized by geographic location. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242764 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK IN MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSIONS - An apparatus and a method are provided, which, for example in a user equipment, measure a transmission channel based on reference resources with respect to at least two transmission points, establish a feedback report based on the measurement, the feedback report including a plurality of channel feedback information related to each transmission point, and send the feedback report on a physical uplink control channel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242765 | ERROR DETECTION - Methods and apparatus for enabling ciphering error detection and recovery in a telecommunications network. Predetermined data is inserted into at least one radio link control service data unit at a network entity. The predetermined data has the same form as a packet data convergence protocol header. The at least one radio link control service data unit comprising the predetermined data is transmitted to a user equipment in the network. As a result, the user equipment is able to apply, on the basis of the predetermined data, either an unacknowledged mode radio link control ciphering error detection and recovery mechanism or a packet data convergence protocol ciphering error detection and recovery mechanism to the at least one radio link control service data unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242766 | PRE-SIB2 CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND SIGNAL PROCESSING IN THE PRESENCE OF MBSFN FOR LTE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus updates a CIE in guaranteed non-MBSFN subframes. The apparatus refrains from updating at least one of an AGC, a TTL, an FTL, or an SNR estimation (FTL_SNR) in potential MBSFN subframes before a SIB is decoded to ascertain which subframes of a radio frame are MBSFN subframes and non-MBSFN subframes. The MBSFN subframes include a subset of the potential MBSFN subframes. The non-MBSFN subframes include a remaining subset of the potential MBSFN subframes and the guaranteed non-MBSFN subframes. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242767 | Cell Selection and Reselection in a Telecommunication Network - A method for performing a selection or a reselection of a cell of an UMTS or LTE network, based on a parameter taking into account a traffic load level of the cell. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242768 | ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF OPTIMIZING CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a channel estimation method for an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing system with cyclic-delay diversity. The method makes pilots have the same amplitude and equally partitions the pilots into a number of pilot groups. In addition, the method equally spaces the pilots of each group in a frequency domain and determines the pilot locations and cyclic-delay coefficient of each pilot group in order to optimize the channel estimation of a receiver. The method can perform the channel estimation by using just one OFDM symbol. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242769 | Induced Incoherency for Joint Transmission - Frequency-selective phase shifts are applied to signals transmitted from multiple transmission points involved in a coordinated (joint) transmission to a given UE. An eNodeB or other network node controlling the joint transmission artificially induces frequency selectivity between signals received by the UE in joint transmission from different transmission points, so as to ensure an even balance between constructive and destructive combination over frequency. By applying frequency-selective phase shifts (e.g., pseudo-random phase shifts) to the different transmission points that perform joint transmission, the signals from the different transmission points are forced to combine at the UE in a non-coherent manner. As a result, uncertainty in how the signals combine is drastically reduced, since it can be expected that the signals will always combine incoherently. The reduced uncertainty translates to reduced back-off offset in the link adaptation, and thus in an increased throughput. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242770 | In enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) - Technology for transmitting a distributed control channel element (CCE) for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) and a localized CCE in a physical resource block (PRB) pair from a node and technology for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) physical resource block (PRB) allocation with at least one enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) at a wireless device is disclosed. One method can include a node precoding at least one distributed CCE and at least one localized CCE for the PRB pair. The node can transmit the at least one distributed CCE for transmit diversity using at least two user equipment-specific reference signal (UERS) ports and transmitting the at least one localized CCE in the PRB pair. The at least two UERS ports can be used to transmit two CCEs. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242771 | COMMUNICATION DURATION CONFIGURING METHOD, RELAY STATION, BASE STATION, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication duration configuring method is used in a mobile communication system with a relay station for relaying wireless communications between a base station and a mobile station. The method includes: configuring at least one of a downlink communication duration in which the relay station receives a transmission signal from the base station while limiting a transmission of a signal from the relay station to the mobile station, and an uplink communication duration in which the relay station transmits the transmission signal to the base station while limiting a transmission of a signal from the mobile station to the relay station; measuring a self-interference amount in the relay station; and controlling a configuration of the communication duration according to the self-interference amount. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE RECEIVE DIVERSITY CONTROL FOR POWER REDUCTION - Methods and devices performing the method for wireless communications are disclosed, where the method includes retrieving historical communications information for a plurality of receive chains for receiving communications from a wireless node; determining a number of receive chains from the plurality of receive chains to enable in a discontinuous reception mode based on the historical communications information; and enabling the number of receive chains to receive a communication from the wireless node in a communications cycle. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242773 | NODE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BEAMFORMED FOR DOWNLINK COMMUNICATIONS - Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards an eNodeB, and method therein, for generating downlink communications in a multiple antenna system. The method comprises transmitting, to a number of user equipments, a plurality of reference signals, where each signal is beamformed in a distinct direction within at least one correlated domain (e.g., elevation and/or azimuth). The eNodeB receives at least one CSI report from a specific user equipment and determines a primary reference signal based on, for example, the at least one CSI report. The eNodeB may thereafter generate downlink communication signals for antenna element(s) and/or subelements of the multiple antenna system. The downlink communication signals are beamformed into a transmitting direction that aligns most closely with a beamforming direction of the at least one primary reference signal, as compared to any other beamforming direction of the reference signals. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242774 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY MEASUREMENT SCHEDULING BASED ON AN UNDETECTED FREQUENCY - Apparatus and method for wireless communication in a wireless communication network include operating a wireless device on a first wireless communication technology and detecting a first cell in first frequency of a second wireless communication technology. The aspects also include determining the detected cell of the second wireless communication technology satisfies a first reselection criterion based on a first measurement and identifying a second frequency of the second wireless communication technology as an undetected frequency based on monitoring the second frequency without detecting a second cell. Aspects also include expediting a determination of whether to perform cell reselection to the second wireless communication technology based on the undetected frequency and the detected cell of the second wireless communication technology satisfying the first reselection criterion and determining to reselect to the detected cell of the second wireless communication technology. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242775 | Routing a Call - A method of routing a call involving a call party in a telecommunications network via a selected media routing path of a plurality of different media routing paths is provided. The media routing paths communicate media data to and/or from at least one communication device associated with the call party. A call control system in the telecommunications network receives data derived from a media quality test procedure for a given media routing path. The media quality test procedure includes media test data being communicated via the given media routing path and the media test data being analysed. The call control system selects a preferred media routing path from the plurality of media routing paths for communicating media data associated with the call to and/or from one or more of the at least one communication devices associated with the call party on the basis of at least the received data. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242776 | MEASUREMENT-ASSISTED DYNAMIC FREQUENCY-REUSE IN CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - A radio network resource controller directs a first network node associated with a first cell region, or a wireless terminal in communication through the first cell region, to measure and report radio resource-related data selected from the group consisting of: resource activity per channel; the number of transmitted power samples that exceed a threshold over a measurement period; and, channel quality samples that exceed a quality threshold. The controller then receives at least one measurement report of the radio resource-related data and, as a function of the radio resource-related data in the first cell region, dynamically reallocates the distribution of resources, such as radio-frequency channels, between the first cell region and at least a second cell region. The invention has a particular advantage in TDD mode of operation where efficient and dynamic interference mitigation is needed to combat the inherent mobile-to-mobile and base station-to-base station interference. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242777 | CARRIER AGGREGATION SCHEDULING BASED ON TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS AND CELL CHARACTERISTICS - A method, implemented by one or more processors, for scheduling traffic streams in a communication network includes determining, via a processor, a plurality of sets of one or more cell characteristics. Each set of cell characteristics in the plurality of sets of cell characteristics corresponds to a different cell in a plurality of cells. The method also includes determining, via a processor, a first set of one or more traffic characteristics corresponding to a first traffic stream, selecting, via a processor, a first cell from the plurality of cells based on (i) the plurality of sets of cell characteristics and (ii) the first set of traffic characteristics, and assigning, via a processor, the first traffic stream to the first cell for an entire duration of the first traffic stream. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242778 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURING AND REPORTING FOR A COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION SCHEME - A method for wireless communication includes allocating overlapping sets of resources to different UEs. The resources may be for channel state information (CSI) measurement and received power measurements. The overlapping resources include a first set of resources, allocated to a first UE, for the CSI measurements and a second set of resources, allocated to a second UE, for the received power measurements. The method also includes receiving a CSI measurement report and a received power measurement report. The reports are based on the first set of resources and the second set or resources, respectively. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242779 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE COORDINATED TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus for interference coordination to improve transmission and reception performance within wireless networks. In one exemplary embodiment, a wireless transmitter transmits multiple transmissions over a determined time. The receiver receives the multiple transmissions and attempts to recover the transmitted signal. Because, the fading channel varies over time for each transmitter-receiver, by combining the received signals over multiple iterations, the signal of interest will be magnified, whereas interference effects will be suppressed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242780 | VIRTUAL GAP PATTERNS WITH MULTI-RADIO COEXISTENCE FOR PROTECTED MEASUREMENTS - A user equipment (UE) may mitigate coexistence issues in multi-radio devices, where significant in-device coexistence problems can. The UE determines at least one potential virtual gap pattern configuration for a first radio access technology (RAT). The UE also selects one of the at least one potential gap pattern configuration based at least in part on protecting subframes which are used by the first RAT to perform clean signal reference measurements and/or based at least in part on performance of the second RAT. Further, the UE quiets transmit activities of a second RAT during protected subframes of the first RAT in the determined potential virtual gap pattern configuration. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242781 | Mobile Network Traffic Optimization - The techniques described herein detect which one of multiple different radio states a radio communication unit of a client device is currently operating in. The techniques may also learn one or more transition parameters that, once satisfied or reached, may switch the radio communication unit from one radio state to another radio state. Using the detected radio state and the learned transition parameters, the client device can optimize network communications. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242782 | Method and Apparatus for Adjusting Transmission Power in a Radio System - The invention relates to a method and apparatus to adjust transmission of a closed subscriber group node for improving radio coverage when the signal power received from the strongest co-channel open-access cell e.g. macro cell and the handover rate in the node does not fulfil set conditions. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242783 | System and Method of Offloading Traffic to a Wireless Local Area Network - Methods and apparatus for offloading traffic from a cellular network to a wireless local area network (WLAN) are described. One example method generally includes receiving, from a serving base station, a request to measure one or more WLAN access points (APs), determining one or more metrics for the WLAN APs, comparing the metrics for the WLAN APs to a threshold, and reporting metrics for at least a first AP of the WLAN APs if the metrics for the first AP exceed the threshold. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242784 | Reducing Complexity and Power Consumption in Cellular Networks with Carrier Aggregation - In a communications network with carrier aggregation (CA), embodiments enable the network to advertise to a supported wireless device not only whether or not aggregated component carriers allocated to the wireless are intra-band adjacent but farther whether or not the allocated component carriers are collocated. Embodiments further enable the wireless to advertise its CA capabilities including the support of adjacent collocated CA and/or non-adjacent collocated CA. Embodiments thus provide systems/methods for the exploitation of special conditions provided by adjacent collocated component carriers to reduce processing complexity and power consumption for certain types of wireless device transmitter/receiver architectures and to support intra-band adjacent CA for other types of UE transmitter/receiver architectures. | 2013-09-19 |